"Appeal to their emotions. Make them laugh. Make them cry. Make them mad--even if they get made at you. But for heaven's sake, don't try to improve their minds."
--Jack Burden (All the King's Men)
Using recent remarks by the first lady as an example, this post discusses a central irony of social democracy. The same people deemed as incapable of making 'correct' choices w.r.t. everyday decisions are seen as capable of making 'correct' decisions when voting.
Stated differently, how are citizens who are incompetent in areas like economics able to identify bureaucrats who are competent in areas like economics?
This observation can be extended to the rulers themselves. If people are generally prone to making bad choices and must be governed, then who governs the governors who, because they are people, will be prone to making those bad choices?
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
~John F. Kennedy
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